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Robert E. Rodes

Confederate Army general (1829-1864)

PersonDied aged 35humanQ276780

Also known as Robert Emmett Rodes · Robert Rodes · Robert Emmett

Born: March 29, 1829
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: September 19, 1864
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Lynchburg
Place of death: Winchester
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: military personnel
, major general
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, soldier
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Education: Virginia Military Institute

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Robert Emmett Rodes was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the first of Robert E. Lee's divisional commanders not trained at West Point. His division led Stonewall Jackson's devastating surprise attack at the Battle of Chancellorsville; Jackson, on his deathbed, recommended that Rodes be promoted to major general. Rodes then served in the corps of Richard S. Ewell at the Battle of Gettysburg and in the Overland Campaign, before that corps was sent to the Shenandoah Valley under Jubal Early, where Rodes was killed at the Third Battle of Winchester.

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